Twelve Corporate Partners To Serve As Hosts Of Awards Luncheons At CoSIDA Convention

Twelve Corporate Partners To Serve As Hosts Of Awards Luncheons At CoSIDA Convention

Twelve corporate partners, five of whom are making their initial appearance at a CoSIDA Convention, will be serving as hosts of the awards luncheons during the Convention, which will be held June 21—25 at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

“The luncheons afford CoSIDA the opportunity to recognize the best of our outstanding profession,” said 2008-09 CoSIDA President Nick Joos. “We are grateful for the generous financial support of our corporate partners who provide the financial resources to help make these luncheons a success.”
           
Tuesday’s Kickoff Luncheon, which is scheduled from Noon until 1:30 p.m., will open the Convention’s luncheon schedule. The keynote speaker is Kevin Sullivan, who worked his way up from a sports information student assistant as an undergraduate at Purdue University to Assistant to the President for Communications in the White House.
 
The official sponsors of the Kickoff Luncheon are ESPN (www.espn.com),  ESPN The Magazine (http://www.espn.com)  , ICS (http://www.sidearmsports.com) and the NCAA (www.ncaa.org) . In addition, TRZ (http://www.trz.cc) and first-time sponsor Sports Systems (http://www.sportssystems.com) will also be co-sponsoring the Luncheon. 

Wednesday’s Awards Luncheon, which will be held from Noon to 1:30 p.m., will be hosted by two partners who were with us in Tampa last year, while three will be making their debut.  Returning official corporate sponsors are DigiPixArt (http://www.digipixart.com) and CBS College Sports Network  (http://www.CBSCollegeSports.com), while Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award (http://www.seniorclassaward.com), ASAP Sports (http://www.asapsports.com) and Collegiate Images™ ( http://www.collegiateimages.com) will be making their debut as official sponsors. 
 
The final luncheon of the Convention will be held on Thursday from Noon to 1:30 p.m., and nine SIDs will receive the ultimate honor from CoSIDA by being inducted into the Hall of Fame. FOX Sports Interactive Media (www.msn.foxsports.com) will be making its first appearance as a corporate partner and will serve as the Hall of Fame Luncheon’s official sponsor. Also serving as a sponsor will be the National Football League (http://www.nfl.com).
 
We encourage all CoSIDA members, whether they are attending the Convention or not, to send letters of thanks to our corporate partners.  Without their continued support, it would be impossible to sponsor luncheons of the magnitude we have. Their email addresses are College ESPN (Josh Krulewitz - Josh.Krulewitz@espn.com, ESPN The Magazine (Gary Hoenig - gary.hoenig@espn3.com), ICS-SIDEARM (Jeff Rubin - jhrubin@sidearmsports.com), the NCAA (Bob Williams - bwilliams@ncaa.org, and Erik Christianson - echristianson@ncaa.org), Sports Systems (Brian Binette - Brian.Binette@SportsSystems.com and David Grim - David.Grim@SportsSystems.com), TRZ Sports Information Services, Inc. (Mike Wilt - MikeW@TRZ.cc), CBS College Sports Network (Steve Herbst - steve.herbst@cbs.com), DigiPixArt (Danny Chu - dchu@digipixart.com), Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award (Laurie Bollig - lbollig@seniorclassaward.com or lbollig@premiersportsonline.com), ASAP Sports (Jeri Gargano - jeri@asapsports.com), Collegiate Images (Chris Kesicke - ckesicke@collegiateimages.com), FOX Sports Interactive Media (Andrew Hossom - andrew.hossom@fox.com) and the National Football League (Greg Aiello - Greg.Aiello@nfl.com and Corry Rush - Corry.Rush@nfl.com).